{"id":10116,"date":"2014-09-10T10:35:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T10:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=10116"},"modified":"2017-02-06T23:53:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T23:53:49","slug":"i-have-rheumatoid-arthritis-and-joint-pain-stops-me-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10116","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatoid arthritis and joint pain stops me walking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Rheumatoid arthritis is difficult to treat, but your doctor should be able to explain options.\u00a0Usually this involves finding ways to manage the pain.<\/p>\n<p>This weblink from the UK NHS has more information about options.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/Rheumatoid-arthritis\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/Rheumatoid-arthritis\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For example, the treatment options it lists include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>medication \u2013 to relieve symptoms or slow progress of the condition<\/li>\n<li>surgery \u2013 to correct joint problems<\/li>\n<li>supportive treatments \u2013 such as physiotherapy<\/li>\n<li>complementary therapies \u2013 such as massage or acupuncture, which some people find helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: medium;\">It would be good to talk to your doctor about each of these.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There has not been a lot of research about HIV and rheumatoid arthritis. This means that community organisations focused on rheumatoid arthritis may have more information then HIV organisations.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the UK-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthritiscare.org.uk\/Home\">Arthritis Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some specialists think that HIV could be related because it could increase the risk of inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>This may be a reason to talk to your doctor about starting HIV meds if you are not yet on treatment. HIV treatment will reduce immune activation which is a cause of arthritis, but I have not seen many studies about this aspect of HIV treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I have rheumatoid arthritis and my joint pain means i don&#8217;t walk properly, please help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-complications-and-coinfections","category-living-with-hiv-long-term"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}